Tuesdays, December 1, 8, & 15 7:00-8:30 PM on Zoom with Deb and Jeff Schein Participants are invited to dialogue with Drs Deborah and Jeffrey Schein about parenting, spiritual development, learning, and raising Jewish children in the digital age. Jeff and Deb draw selections from their own volumes on spiritual development, Jewish values, and technology
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In this six-session class, taught by Maria Pulzetti and Rabbi Adam Zeff, we will look at how Jewish law and American law affect working-class people and people living in poverty. And in the American context, we will also look at racial inequities in poverty. Topics will include hunger, health, income, incarceration, and housing. Sessions run
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Sweet and incredibly delicious, Knafeh is a Middle Eastern dessert that’s very popular in Israel. There’s even competition over where to find the best Knafeh. Now it can be in your kitchen! Kanfeh is a sweet, rich, and crunchy delicacy made with a special shredded-dough base, a sweet cheese filling, more crunch and pistachios on |
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"Facing Systemic Racism" is planned as a series of zoom talks organized by the Tikkun Olam Coordinating Team, to help us better understand, recognize, and oppose systemic racism in our immediate and larger communities. Every session will have a guest speaker with expertise in their subject, as well as participation by attendees. Our hope is |
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Join GJC for an intimate evening of incredible music and deep conversation. Twelve years after making his professional operatic debut in the world premiere of Philip Glass's Appomattox with the San Francisco Opera Company, Anthony Russell is now a vocalist, composer, and arranger specializing in Yiddish song. Anthony's work in traditional Ashkenazi Jewish musical forms |
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December 7, 14, 21, & 28, January 4, 11, & 25 at 7:00 PM on Zoom (will NOT meet on MLK day) Trope is much more than a beautiful mnemonic device. Trope is a system of musical punctuation that the rabbis used to clarify the grammatical structure of the biblical text, to emphasize particular words |
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GJC’s Jewish book reading group meets monthly, reading and discussing fiction and nonfiction books of Jewish interest written mostly (but not solely) by Jewish writers and chosen by the group. Volunteer group members lead the discussion. For more information and the link to access the Zoom meeting, please contact Nan Myers. December's book is "Absurdistan" |
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HAZAK programs are planned for our seniors (age 55+) and are geared to both reflect common interests and get us to “stretch” to try new activities as well. This well-attended book group meets monthly all year long on the second Thursday of the month to discuss great books - BYO tea and nosh to the
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Come add YOUR light to each night of Hanukah with GJC! Come as you are to GJC’s pandemic version of putting your candles in the window. Making or sitting down to dinner? In your PJs? Settling in or still have your coat on? It all works. Each night we will gather as a community to |
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Come add YOUR light to each night of Hanukah with GJC! Come as you are to GJC’s pandemic version of putting your candles in the window. Making or sitting down to dinner? In your PJs? Settling in or still have your coat on? It all works. Each night we will gather as a community to |
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Come add YOUR light to each night of Hanukah with GJC! Come as you are to GJC’s pandemic version of putting your candles in the window. Making or sitting down to dinner? In your PJs? Settling in or still have your coat on? It all works. Each night we will gather as a community to |
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Come add YOUR light to each night of Hanukah with GJC! Come as you are to GJC’s pandemic version of putting your candles in the window. Making or sitting down to dinner? In your PJs? Settling in or still have your coat on? It all works. Each night we will gather as a community to |
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Come add YOUR light to each night of Hanukah with GJC! Come as you are to GJC’s pandemic version of putting your candles in the window. Making or sitting down to dinner? In your PJs? Settling in or still have your coat on? It all works. Each night we will gather as a community to |
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Come add YOUR light to each night of Hanukah with GJC! Come as you are to GJC’s pandemic version of putting your candles in the window. Making or sitting down to dinner? In your PJs? Settling in or still have your coat on? It all works. Each night we will gather as a community to |
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Come add YOUR light to each night of Hanukah with GJC! Come as you are to GJC’s pandemic version of putting your candles in the window. Making or sitting down to dinner? In your PJs? Settling in or still have your coat on? It all works. Each night we will gather as a community to |
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Come add YOUR light to each night of Hanukah with GJC! Come as you are to GJC’s pandemic version of putting your candles in the window. Making or sitting down to dinner? In your PJs? Settling in or still have your coat on? It all works. Each night we will gather as a community to |
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Without A, B & O, the Red Cross can’t save anyone. You are the #MissingType they need! Make your appointment early, as blood drive participant slots have been filling up quickly! Donors on this day receive a long-sleeved Red Cross T-shirt, while supplies last! All donors will also be tested for COVID-19 antibodies with results
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Meet acclaimed author Rachel Adler as she talks about the Holy Mysticat - a restless wanderer on the earth in the form of a grey tabby cat with the soul of a Jewish Kabbalist. This program is presented by Women of GJC. The Zoom link will be provided shortly before the event. |
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Feeling the mid-winter blues? Looking for something to do on December 24? GJC's got you covered! Come for a fun night of dance, song, and laughter! What's in store, you ask? Dance (on your feet or in a chair!) with Dancemaster Steve Weintraub's Klezmer Dance Lessons Laugh (or groan) at the Torah fortunes & Jewish |
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In this time of stress and worry, we need the peace of Shabbat more than ever. Please join Rabbi Zeff for a Kabbalat Shabbat service, lifting, if even for a few minutes, the cares of the week from our shoulders and our hearts. Yahrzeits will be announced, and mourners will have the opportunity to say |
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As the daylight dwindles and the weather cools, let us turn inward to the warmth of our community. Each week until mid-March we will mark havdalah as a community. Havdalah is a short ritual that marks the end of Shabbat, our day of rest. Through blessing, song, and story, we will dwell together in the |
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As the daylight dwindles and the weather cools, let us turn inward to the warmth of our community. Each week until mid-March we will mark havdalah as a community. Havdalah is a short ritual that marks the end of Shabbat, our day of rest. Through blessing, song, and story, we will dwell together in the |